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Free Access to New York Times

New York Times

Enjoy full access* to NYTimes.com!

Sign up for a free account

  1. Go to accessnyt.com
  2. Search for and select Otis College of Art and Design
  3. Create an account using your @otis.edu or @student.otis.edu email address
  4. Choose a password
  5. Click Create Account
  6. Check your Otis inbox for a verification email

If you have an existing digital subscription, you are not eligible to activate an NYTimes.com Pass. Please contact edu@nytimes.com to discuss your options.

What's Available

Users will find a variety of topics covered with unsurpassed quality and depth through breaking news articles, blogs, videos and interactive features. Users can discover and share content on social networks, save articles, subscribe to email newsletters of areas of interest and receive news alerts, either on predefined topics or through a keyword search the user designates. 

Here are some of the special sections and tools that may be of interest;

Renewing a Pass

Academic Passes must be re-activated every 365 days.

  1. Go to www.nytimes.com/passes
  2. Click LOG IN HERE
  3. Log into your nytimes.com account using your verified Otis email address

* Some Restrictions Apply

The complimentary NYTimes subscription does have some limitations:

  • does not include e-reader editions
  • does not include The New York Times Premium Content (e.g. the Crossword)
  • NYT mobile apps are not supported on all devices
  • access to archived articles from 1923 to 1980 is limited to 5 articles per day, per user

Other restrictions may apply.

Other Newspapers

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